5.1 DUMB HOTEL - FOUR«What has gone on at Sbandofin over the last two days? What happened after I left?»
«Nothing: it’s dreadful. Maddalena hasn’t changed, like when you saw her go out at 12:30 pm on Wednesday. She comes in the office, she just cries and then she leaves.»
«Great. And the senior guys?»
«Petrified: they don’t even talk to each other anymore. Yesterday Umberto stayed in the office for lunch, while the others went down to the bar as usual.»
«Did they isolate him?»
«Yes, I think he was excluded from the group.»
«Poor thing, in the end it’s not his fault.»
«No, actually.»
«Here’s the aperitif, girls» the waiter interrupts, suddenly appearing to my left with two glasses half full of a pleasant pink liquid.
«I’ll be back shortly to take your orders.»
«Sorry, am I the onl
